down home meaning: definition, quotations

down-home

adjalso spelled down-home

US Simple and unpretentious, especially having the characteristics of a Southern rural lifestyle.

Just as Mr. Clinton began a comeback with a down-home plea for forgiveness, Mrs. Clinton now seems determined to prove, perhaps to the point of overcompensation, that she will not repeat the mistakes that plagued her 2008 campaign.2015 April 15, Jonathan Martin, “For a Clinton, It’s Not Hard to Be Humble in an Effort to Regain Power”, in The New York Times:

phrase

Southern US In the (rural) place where one grew up.

Hard times had hit them. Protestants always end up in the conservatory, his aunt used to say, getting the last bit of free heat until the glass fell in. That's how it was down home anyway, but it was mostly better in the city.1979, Eilis Dillon, “The Turning”, in TriQuarterly, volume 46:
I see people here from all over the country and from all over the world. My favorite folks are people who come from down home in Missouri2012, Gary Bunch, The Captain and the Kid:

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On what would be our last visit down home, my aunt, Doug, and I decided to drive by and see—but what, we didn't know. As we neared, we slowed down and saw a trailer parked in the front yard. Clearly there was work being done on the house. Suddenly, my aunt said "Pull in the drive. I want to see who bought the house."2024, Stephanie Rutt, Dancing on the Moon: